Effigy male figure · Ecuador, Jama Coaque · ID: 3038606
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Provenance
American Private Collection, New YorkSize
H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch
Description
fired beige clay, remains of painting with red, turquoise and yellow pigments, sitting on a stool, depicted with necklaces, bracelets, anklets and head ornament, large opening in the head, missing part (head ornament), rep. (right arm in the shoulder area);
the rich adornment proves the depicted to have been an important person.
The object Effigy male figure with the object ID 3038606 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 126.
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